CAMBRIOLE, _f._ (thieves’), _room_, or “crib;” _shop_, or “swag.” Gy, Marpaux, gy nous remouchons Tes rouillardes et la criole Qui parfume ta cambriole. =RICHEPIN.= Cambriole de milord, _sumptuous apartment_. Rincer une ----, _to plunder a room or shop_. CAMBRIOLEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _thief who operates in apartments_; ---- à la flan, _thief of that description who operates at random, or on_ “spec.” CAMBRIOT, _m._ (popular), _hat_, “tile.” See TUBARD. CAMBRONISER, euphemism for emmerder (which see). CAMBRONNE! euphemism for a low but energetic expression of refusal or contempt, which is said to have been the response of General Cambronne at Waterloo when called upon to surrender (see _Les Misérables_, by V. Hugo). Sterne says, in his _Sentimental Journey_, that “the French have three words which express all that can be desired--‘diable!’ ‘peste!’” The third he has not mentioned, but it seems pretty certain it must be the one spoken of above. CAMBROUSE, _f._ (popular), _a tawdrily-dressed servant girl_; _a semi-professional street-walker_, “dolly mop;” (thieves’) _country, suburbs_. CAMBROUSER (servants’), _to get engaged as a maid-servant_. CAMBROUSIEN, _m._ (thieves’), _peasant_, or “joskin.” CAMBROUSIER, _m._ (thieves’), _country thief_. CAMBROUX, _m._ (thieves’), _servant_; _waiter_. CAMBUSE, _f._ (popular), _house_, or “crib;” _sailors’ canteen_; _wine-shop_. CAMÉLIA, _m._, _kept woman_ (_La Dame aux Camélias_, by A. Dumas fils). CAMELOT, _m._ (popular), _tradesman; thief_; _hawker of any articles_. Le camelot, c’est le Parisien pur sang ... c’est lui qui vend les questions, les jouets nouveaux, les drapeaux aux jours de fête, les immortelles aux jours de deuil, les verres noircis aux jours d’éclipse ... des cartes transparentes sur le boulevard et des images pieuses sur la place du Panthéon.--=RICHEPIN=, _Le Pavé_. CAMELOTE, _f._ (popular), _prostitute of the lowest class_, or “draggle-tail;” (thieves’) ---- grinchie, _stolen property_. Etre pris la ---- en pogne, or en pied, _to be caught, “flagrante delicto,” with the stolen property in one’s possession_. Laver la ----, _to sell stolen property_. Prendre la ---- en pogne, _to steal from a person’s hand_. CAMELOTER (popular), _to sell_; _to cheapen_; _to beg_; _to tramp_. CAMERLUCHE or CAMARLUCHE, _m._ (popular), _comrade_, or “mate.” CAMIONNER (popular), _to conduct_; _to lead about_. CAMISARD, _m._ (military), _soldier of the “Bataillon d’Afrique,”_ a corps composed of liberated military convicts, who, after having undergone their sentence, are not sent back to their respective regiments. They are incorporated in the Bataillon d’Afrique, a regiment doing duty in Algeria or in the colonies, where they complete their term of service; ---- en bordée, _same meaning_. CAMISOLE, _f._ (popular), _waistcoat_, or “benjy.”